Training

Training activities are meant for professionals working in the energy sector in Latin America and the Caribbean, and are generally intensive and short.

 
Short courses and seminars
The Program offering short courses (1 to 4 weeks) includes training on topics such as: Energy Economics and Policy, Assessment of Energy Projects, Information Systems, Energy Models, Fuel Economics, Environmental Economics, and aspects related to regulation and tariffs. Some of these courses are not scheduled for any fixed date, and may be held in different countries, according to the participants’ place of origin.

Training Activities 2008
• Course on Regulation and tariffs
• Course-Workshop: Energy Policy for Sustainable Development and use of the LEAP model.

Master’s in Energy and Environment Energy and Policy (MEPEA)
On 23 October, 1998, an agreement was signed between IDEE/FB and the School of Economics and Administration of Comahue National University (UNC), which laid the foundations for the creation of the Master’s in Energy and Environment Energy and Policy (MEPEA).

From the curricular point of view, the MEPEA has been designed along the lines of the Post-graduate course offered in Bariloche every year. Its content, therefore, is identical to the Post-graduate courses that have been offered since 1997. The Course is held in the city of Neuquen, on Fridays and Saturdays along a two-year period. Once the course has been completed, the students may choose to submit a final thesis, which will grant them the Master’s Degree in Energy and Environment Economics and Policy.

Héctor Pistonesi, Nicolás Di Sbroiavacca and Roberto Kosulj, from IDEE/FB, and Luis Riavitz make up the MEPEA Academic Committee. This Course has been accredited by CONEAU, the Argentine Commission for University Evaluation and Accreditation.


Other Activities
IDEE/FB researchers also cooperate with different bodies, companies and national and private Universities by teaching courses and designing didactic materials. Some examples are teaching the subject called “Urban Services” for the Post-graduate course in Urban and Regional Planning, and the subject called “Energy Economics” for GEPAMA’s Environmental Economics, both at the School of Architecture, Design and Urbanism of Buenos Aires University, as well as the subject called “Energy Economics” for the Post-graduate course in Gas and Petroleum offered by the Gas and Petroleum Institute of the School of Engineering, UBA and CEARE.

By means of agreements signed with Balseiro Institute, the National Atomic Energy Commission, and other Latin American Universities, IDEE/FB is also involved in training activities which include offering research internships and guiding thesis projects. It also cooperates in the development of post-graduate training activities at Buenos Aires National University, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Comahue University and the Argentine Catholic University.

IDEE/FB academic staff have also participated in other courses offered jointly with Latin American, African and Asian universities. Some of these are: Training course on the use of LEAP for mitigation assessment, El Cairo, Egypt, 3 - 7 April, 2006; training workshop on Mitigation Analysis, Seoul, Korea, September 2005; Training Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand, 23 - 27 July, 2007, all of them organized by the NCSP (UNDP/UNEP/GEF National Communications Support Programme).